Africa Unsigned
Africa Unsigned, an Amsterdam-based website uses crowd-funding--a method which allow people to pool their money online--to
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Sean Henry Jacobs
Sean Henry Jacobs is publisher of Africa is a Country and on the tenured faculty of The New School. He edits the substack, Eleven Named People.
Music Break / Sylvester & Ssavoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da7K3e0M8SI The video for Kampala rappers Sylvester & Ssavoo's "Akaseera" comes with a laid back groove.
Jeffrey Gettleman in Somalia
By Abdourahman Waberi* Jeffrey Gettleman will not run the risk of being seen as ‘a nobody,
Fanti Love Song
http://youtu.be/igaiypLKVEE ... To New York City? By Ghanaian crooner M3NSA off his new album.
Found Objects No.14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQGVqC8TJI "Judge Hatchett Discovers She Is Nigerian." She even does accents. The Hausa gets mangled in
Music Break / Lousika
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdh32XjNWTE The video for French-Ghanaian female MC, Lousika's "No Bee Aloo" says more about where popular
State of the Nation
A striking piece from "State of The Nation," a new project of Zimbabwean-born, South African artist
Only in Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M Spotted on Youtube yesterday before it went viral: A South African professional mountain biker is
Mos Def Philharmonic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G34pW5S9Rx4 Mos Def (or Yasiin Bey) is on a roll. First the Stephen Colbert performance with
The gay marriage map
The graphic above accompanied an opinion piece by Frank Bruni on gay marriage in Portugal in
First as tragedy, then as farce
South Africa prematurely celebrating qualification to the 2012 African Cup of Nations championship is another case of history repeating itself when it comes to the administration of football in the country.
Independence Day in Uganda
Ugandans may not have much to celebrate under President Yoweri Museveni’s now 25 year rule, but the music must go on.
Nicholas Kristof can’t find grown-up Africans to pose with him
Also how Call of Duty gets the white South African mercenary accents in its game right. Weekend Special is here.
Music Break / Michael Kiwanuka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlXkKCa2yy0 Another Michael Kiwanuka tune.
Not the Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOOCQiKlZ8w Cape Town's answer to Vanilla Ice . Only in Cape Town. Quite a White Ou